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Your heart may be seeking new experiences, WWM, but even stronger cravings are coming from another part of your anatomy, 18 inches or so farther south. Conventional wisdom might have it that a genitally induced lack of judgment is primarily a male characteristic, but women can be just as stupid when their nether parts get twitchy. Of course this man is attractive; in contrast to your couch-hugging husband, he’s as dazzling as Sean Connery’s James Bond, and potentially just as dangerous. Granted, your life lacks flash, dash, and sparkle, and you’d hardly be human if you weren’t tempted, but this guy’s a bad risk. Getting mixed up with him could not only fuck up your marriage but also make things very awkward at work.

Before you trash what you have, try injecting some excitement into your life on your own. If you want to scuba dive, take lessons; there’s probably a Y near your house that gives them. Join a hiking club. Sign up for some white-water rafting. If your husband isn’t interested, go alone; you’re a grownup. It is, however, completely possible that whatever enthusiasm you develop for an activity would inspire him to want to join you. Getting ideas from this other guy for picking up the sag in your own life is fine; expecting him to be your permanent activities director could lead to a serious letdown.

I’m 23 and I recently was seeing a guy, also 23. For a few weeks things were incredible. From almost the first time we met it seemed perfectly natural to spend as much time together as we could, and we had started talking about his moving in with me, not just whether he would but when. Before we made any definite arrangements, though, I had to go out of town on business, and I was going to be gone for about four weeks. He acted like he had no problem with it, but as we got closer to my departure date he started getting weird, drinking too much, and getting mad. He always apologized right away, but then two nights before I left he got drunk and accused me of flirting with other guys, which was not true. We didn’t speak again until after I left town, when I called to say hello. He was cool and distant, and when I asked him if he was still mad he said yes, but that he couldn’t talk and would call me. He never did. Looking back, I realize that I’m probably better off without him, especially since his drinking was becoming a big problem, but I’m confused. I just don’t understand how something that seemed so good could turn bad so fast. If he really cared about me, how could it be so easy for him to let me go?

Just Wondering

There are so many reasons relationships crap out, JW, that the real wonder is that any ever work. Any number of things could have sabotaged you. This guy may have had an expiration date on his new-relationship best behavior, and once that was reached he reverted to an innate jerkiness you couldn’t have suspected. Or maybe he’s one of those people with an extremely limited emotional vocabulary. They know when they feel bad, but they can’t articulate quite how, and the only response to it they’re comfortable with is anger. Or he may have felt so threatened by your leaving town even for a short time that he had to manipulate the situation in order to claim responsibility for the separation. In other words, you couldn’t leave him because he pushed you away first. Or it could be something as simple and awful as he just stopped liking you.

It is galling when someone not really good enough for you has the nerve to dump you first, but guys (and gals) who drink and get mad make lousy mates, so regardless of who initiated it and why, this breakup might just have spared you a lifetime of Al-Anon.

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